Numbers 2:3

To the east, Judah shall fix his tents, by the companies of his army. And the leader of his sons shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

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In The King James Version

And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.

In Context

2“Each one shall make camp, by their troops, as well as by their insignia and standards, and by the houses of their kinships, all around the tabernacle of the covenant.”

4And the entire total of the fighting men from his stock was seventy-four thousand six hundred.

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Cross References

Genesis 35:23The sons of Leah: Reuben the first born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.

Numbers 1:5the names of whom are these: of Ruben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;

Numbers 7:12On the first day, Nahshon, the son of Amminadab of the tribe of Judah, offered his oblation.

Numbers 10:5But if the sound of the trumpets is prolonged, but with interruptions, those who are toward the east side shall move the camp first.

Numbers 26:19The sons of Judah: Er and Onan, who both died in the land of Canaan.

Ruth 4:20Amminadab conceived Nahshon, Nahshon conceived Salmon,

Matthew Henry on Numbers 2:2-3

The Stations of the Several Tribes. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch. Here is the general appointment given both for their orderly encampment where they rested and their orderly march when they moved. Some order, it is possible, they had observed hitherto; they came out of Egypt in rank and file (… Read the whole commentary →

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